Designers of the Year

Our Designers of the Year look back at the early clues that design was their destiny.

Add these designer-approved books to your own bookshelf this fall.

And the winners are...

Our Furniture Designers of the Year explore the realm where high-tech design meets old-world technique.

Sumer Singh of Mtharu conducts grand and wonderful experiments in materials and design—and the result is a thoughtful collection of furniture that marries art with function.

Ryan Donohoe of Donohoe Living Landscapes fostered a childhood passion for gardening into a multidisciplinary firm ready to take on anything.

Robert Ledingham Memorial Award winner Amanda Evans brings glam and global inspiration to the West Coast.

Jewellery designer Becki Chan’s twisting career path comes full circle in meticulous, mindful pieces.

Designers that are on the rise—and no doubt, future stars of the Designers of the Year Awards.

Impossible sites, soaring cliffs: repeat winners Matt McLeod and Lisa Bovell of McLeod Bovell Modern Houses have proved again that they can't (or won't) be stumped.